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Bed mites

(Latin: Dermatophagoides) These mites feed on the scales which are continually falling from our skin. They prefer a high humidity (80%) and temperature (25° C), and so are particularly common in beds. Surprisingly enough it is only quite recently that the presence of these mites has been observed. The discovery was made during an investigation […]

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